As we had in the news a few days ago Spyker is in the middle of negotiations to sell the entire car business to a Coventry-based coachbuilder in order to focus on Saab. That didn’t stop the motorsport division from working on ambitious projects though.

They just announced development of the C8 Aileron GT racing car fro 2012 season. Based on Spyker’s new flagship C8 Aileron luxury supercar, the new GT racer will be designed and developed to the ACO’s new GTE specifications. That’s all we know abut this good looking race car for now. We have to wait and see how that deal will go down with the Brits.  Spyker has a rather long history in GT racing with C8 Laviolette GT2R racer. We hope the new owners boost the brand’s motorsport activities!

Spyker Squadron Managing Director, Peter Van Erp, said: “We are taking a racing sabbatical this year to concentrate our resources on developing a new GT racer based on Spyker’s new C8 Aileron supercar, instead of continuing to spend money on a car at the end of its development cycle. For the long term future of Spyker Squadron, and for its role in the promotion and technical development of Spyker road cars, it’s a positive and strategically important step.

“We will develop the car for the new GTE class, although after its first season we will assess whether there is sufficient demand to develop a variant to FIA GT3 specifications. This would be relatively straightforward and would increase the potential customer base for the car and associated race support package. We are already attracting customer race teams wishing to buy an off-the-shelf car, with enquiries arriving from Europe and the Far East,” continues Van Erp.

Feast your eyes on the new generation of Spyker C8 called the Aileron. This beautifully crafted Dutch supercar looks absolutely fantastic, it has less lunacy than the previous C8, wish was like a fat fish in a funny hat!, but the Aileron is more refined and elegant. And the interior is even better. Whoever designed this car has been very very high! It comes from Amsterdam afterall…!

Spyker is not a car really, it’s more of a fashion accessory. So it really doesn’t mater how fast it is or how it goes around a corner. But since bold numbers are good for showing off  to your golf mates, Spyker provides some good figures. Aileron uses an Audi-derived 4.2 liter V8 developing 400 horsepower, it’s rear-wheel-drive and has a six-speed manual gearbox and yes you still get that magnificent exposed gear shaft! Aileron runs on 19-inch 10-spoke Aeroblade designer wheels and has AP-racing Carbon Ceramic braking package.

These are the pictures of the actual production Aileron which you can buy. And if can’t, well… you can still enjoy its beauty!